Yup, I finally got my se7en to crank up tonight. After 7 weeks of assembly (working on it in my spare time) she is running. It actually should have started Saturday night but I had no spark. After chasing the problem for a few days, I finally figured out that the schematic provided for me was for a 2nd gen RX7 and the Crank Angle Sensor (CAS) was wired wrong. After I figured out the right way to wire it up, the car started right up.

The car still needs a lot of tuning but at least she will start up and idle now. Whew what a relief!

here are a few teaser pics

before I tore it down

http://www.arscca.com/images/MyR1/My...20bay%2001.JPG

after I got it back from the bodyshop, before re-assembly

http://www.arscca.com/images/MyR1/My...#39;%20001.JPG

and tonight after I got her to start up

http://www.arscca.com/images/MyR1/My...g%205-10-4.JPG

that is all for now. let the tuning begin

Special thanks goes out to Dale for answering several PM's that got me going in the right direction to getting the car started. Thanks Dale!

 

Beautiful engine bay!

 

What he said!!! Very nice!

 

Yup, Dales the man.

Nice to know there Is another East Bear Headlight Kit running around. Excellent job on the EB!

 

I hope mine looks as good as yours, mine looks like the second photo.
Matt

 

ltx12... 2 rotor? explain. at the rx7store they are the same price? did i recall that correct? and this will leave you room to grow an extra rotor?

 

thanks guys:bigthumb, i've got a lot of work invested under that hood

I went with the LTX12 simply for the wideband 02 sensor option. It is not available on the LTX8.

 

sexy!